Open AccessBacteriological characteristics of hypervirulent Klebsiella pneumoniae rmpA gene (hvKp-rmpA)-harboring strains in the south of Iran
Author(s) -
Saeed Shoja,
Maryam Ansari,
Saman Bengar,
Azam Rafiei,
Jebreil Shamseddin,
Hesam Alizade
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
iranian journal of microbiology.
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.37
H-Index - 27
eISSN - 2008-4447
pISSN - 2008-3289
DOI - 10.18502/ijm.v14i4.10233
Subject(s) - klebsiella pneumoniae , biology , virulence , gene , serotype , microbiology and biotechnology , phenotype , virology , escherichia coli , genetics
To provide data on the occurrence of classical K. pneumoniae (cKp) and hypervirulent Klebsiella pneumoniae (hvKp) strains harboring the gene encoding regulator of mucoid phenotype A ( rmpA ) and evaluated characteristics of virulence biomarkers, carbapenemase, extended-spectrum-β-lactamase (ESBL)-producing, and capsule serotypes among K. pneumoniae clinical isolates collected in the south of Iran.